Kolkata: Reliance Retail Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries, has chalked out plans to open another 150 stores in all formats by March 2011, reports PTI quoting a top official.
"We will open 100 to 150 stores by March," Reliance Retail president and chief executive (lifestyle) Bijou Kurien told reporters on the sidelines of the Retail Summit here.
He said that so far, Reliance Retail has 1,050 stores in all formats in the country. "We will be setting up 350 stores during the whole fiscal," he said.
Mr Kurien said that to meet the Rs45,000-crore revenue target over the next five years, the number of stores would be more than doubled.
"Reliance Retail has 20 formats of stores both in food and non-food items," he said.
In the last fiscal, the company's revenue stood at Rs4,500 crore.
Relating to Marks & Spencer, he said currently there are 21 such stores across the country. This would be increased to 50 in three year's time.
He said Reliance Retail is also keen to expand its footprint in the Northeast and Bihar.
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